"Italy almost irresistibly tempts foreign commentators to cliché. It’s far too easy to wander off into rhapsodies over the country’s stunning beauty, grand sense of history, and sensual pleasures. (…) Any Italian situation can be described as an opera. Or a Renaissance-court intrigue. Or the rule of some Roman emperor. Or a Fellini film. Or the Divine Comedy. Or even Mt. Vesuvius." - Italy’s Most Faithful Foreign Lover, by Andrea Lee
